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   WGA Sets 'Fashion Police' Rally at E! Headquarters

   2:46 pm 5/20/2013

   • by Jonathan Handel

   The action supports the month-old strike and is part of a larger strategy to unionize unscripted programming.Read more

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2. WGA East Foundation Rebrands as Writers Guild Initiative

   12:05 am 5/16/2013

   • by Jonathan Handel

   The name change is intended to better communicate the organization’s mission: mentoring and developing new writers.Read more

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3. WGA West Members Pass Constitutional Amendments

   6:30 pm 5/15/2013

   • by Jonathan Handel

   The amendments update the guild’s voting procedures.Read more

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   How Talent Loses if Aereo Wins (Analysis)

   12:58 pm 4/24/2013

   • by Jonathan Handel

   THR follows the money and discovers an unstated reason the guilds weighed in with briefs opposing the new service.Read more

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   'Fashion Police' Writers Strike Begins

   8:52 am 4/17/2013

   • by Erin Carlson

   UPDATED: The Writers Guild is urging members not to work on the Joan Rivers-hosted E! program.Read more

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   UCLA/WGA Report: TV Writing Staffs Still Overwhelmingly White and Male

   3:23 pm 3/26/2013

   • by Jonathan Handel

   Networking may be part of the reason; meanwhile, the WGA announces 2013 diversity program winners.Read more

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   WGA West Members to Vote on Constitutional Amendments

   2:46 pm 2/18/2013

   • by Jonathan Handel

   The amendments would update the guild’s voting procedures.Read more

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   WGA Awards: Live Blog

   9:13 am 2/17/2013

   • by THR Staff

   Live updates from the Writers Guild Awards in New York and Los Angeles.Read more

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   WGA West Re-Ups Executive Director David Young

   5:36 pm 2/8/2013

   • by Jonathan Handel

   The five-year extension means that Young will preside over the next two cycles of bargaining with the studios.Read more

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    SAG-AFTRA Election Calendar Turns Up Pressure for Progress on Pension and Health (Analysis)

    10:18 am 2/6/2013

    • by Jonathan Handel

    Reading the tri-union tea leaves also suggests that WGA negotiations might go down to the wire next year.Read more

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